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Fairfax Jr. High

· Kern County · Fairfax Elementary · Public

Public Kern County 🏛 Fairfax Elementary → CDS 1563461…
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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Fairfax Jr. High compares for families

What families should know about Fairfax Jr. High.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Abraham Lincoln Jr. High, Compton Junior High, Chipman Junior High and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
11.8%
76 of 642 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Kern County median
19.2% · school is better than 79% of 70 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
589 (2018)641 (2026)
+8.8%

If this trend holds (+0.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~646 +5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~656 +15 $0
5 yr (2031) ~666 +25 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Fairfax Jr. High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.1%/yr); projects to ~662 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

641 students (2026)
~662 projected (2029)
at +1.1%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Fairfax Jr. High Public 641
Peer-group median +23%
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High Public 605
Compton Junior High Public 580
Chipman Junior High Public 744
O. J. Actis Junior High Public 648
Sequoia Jr. High Public 745
Fred L. Thompson Junior High Public 719
Fruitvale Junior High Public 647
Highland Elementary Public 782
Kern Workforce 2000 Academy Public 483 +23%
Tevis Junior High Public 801

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Kern County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
87.9%
573 of 652 students

79 of 652 students who enrolled at Fairfax Jr. High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (12.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Kern County median
84.9% · school is in the 71st percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 47th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (627) 88.7%
Hispanic / Latino (590) 89.0%
English learners (202) 84.2%
Students w/ disabilities (97) 87.6%
White (22) 68.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Abraham Lincoln Jr. High 76.4% Compton Junior High 82.7% Chipman Junior High 87.8% O. J. Actis Junior High 80.3% Sequoia Jr. High 82.7%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

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